ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192665
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| Date: | Thursday 8 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ568 |
| MSN: | EY-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rue de Gournay, Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne 91 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, Yorkshire |
Shot down by German flak during a bombing mission on Railway stations in Versailles, Massy-Palaiseau and Juvisy-sur-Orge.
All seven crew members died in the crash of the plane.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1134
http://www.corbeil-infos.fr/corbeil-le-8-juin-1944-un-avion-s-ecrasait-rue-de-gournay-120613-1074.html
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1943 | JD454 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | München-Solln, Bayern |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | LK838 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | Siersdorf (Aldenhoven) - Setterich (Baesweiler), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2017 11:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2021 09:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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